Work & commute · West Deerfield

Work & commute in West Deerfield, IL

Most working residents leave West Deerfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Deerfield (6%) and Northbrook (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,144 of 12,617 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,473 West Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 1,144 work right here, and 23,715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Deerfield.

11,473live here, work elsewhere

1,144live and work here

23,715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Deerfield goes to work

Chicago26.2 mi away

27%3,353

Deerfield2 mi away

6%712

Northbrook4.7 mi away

5%642

Highland Park2.5 mi away

4%549

Lake Forest2.8 mi away

4%477

Libertyville7.7 mi away

2%314

Glenview7.7 mi away

2%309

Evanston13.2 mi away

2%294

Skokie12.5 mi away

2%267

Bannockburn0.7 mi away

2%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,477

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far West Deerfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

41%

12%

43%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Deerfield is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Deerfield are

24,859 jobs are based in West Deerfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Deerfield

24,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs West Deerfield residents hold

12,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−10%

Jobs based in West Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 27,510 → 24,859. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.